Why Software Developers Are Silent in Meetings
<p>Ever sat in a Sprint Retro where your Scrum Master didn’t arrive for ten minutes?</p>
<p><strong><em>I just did. We sat in silence.</em></strong></p>
<p>Ever been in a Sprint Retro where almost nobody participates?</p>
<p><strong><em>Are you thinking I just did?</em></strong></p>
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<p>You’re a great blog reader if you did! Well done you!</p>
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<p>What’s going on? Everyone isn’t socially inept.</p>
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<p>Although in my particular meeting, most people actually were</p>
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<p>So, why is engagement so low in so many meetings for software developers?</p>
<h1>Social pressure</h1>
<p>The technical staff at our place never tend to talk in these meetings. That means there is social pressure not to.</p>
<p>Want to be part of the in-group with us developers?</p>
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<p><a href="https://medium.com/@tsecretdeveloper/why-programmers-dress-like-that-61b2f222bf2d" rel="noopener">Wear a hoodie</a>, and keep your mouth shut</p>
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<h1>Introverts and forced fun</h1>
<p>Many software developers like to think about the questions and queries we might get asked in any meeting.</p>
<p>Many Agile ceremonies still have unpredictable formats and concepts that stand in the way of participation.</p>
<p><strong><em>Stand-up meetings that sometimes run through us in alphabetical order and sometimes in reverse alphabetical order</em></strong></p>
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